Belvidere Park in 1957
Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis
Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 21 at the Lions Park Community Center. About 35 people attended, with several there for the first time. Attendees approved the February minutes without changes. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org. Attendees were invited for beers at Big Boss Brewery after the meeting.
SUCCESS REPORTS: Spring is here, and the new playground at Lions Park is drawing crowds. The Belvidere Park signs went up near the car wash on Dennis Avenue, and they look beautiful. And a song that ECAC Vice Chair Van Alson wrote with alt-country rock singer-songwriter Ryan Adams was on “American Idol”; there’s a link on the ECAC’s Facebook page.
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The East CAC will hold its April 2011 meeting on Monday, April 18th at 7 PM at the Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
This month we’ll hear from John Carman, Raleigh’s Public Utilities Director, on our public utilities. We’ll also hear from Nathan Ligo about the Young Warriors youth outreach program and from Lisa Beckwith from the Gilead Pharmacy in the Longview Shopping Center.
We’ll also be introducing a new feature of our CAC meetings: neighborhood reports. We’ll take time to hear from representatives of our various neighborhoods on things going on in their areas.
As usual, this meeting will be streamed live on the Internet: http://www.eastraleigh.org/stream.html
Below is our full agenda. Hope to see you there!
P.S. Sign holders, please put our your signs. Thanks!
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Submitted by Secretary Sue Sturgis
Raleigh’s East Citizens Advisory Council held its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 at the Lions Park Community Center. About 30 people attended, with about five there for the first time. The January minutes were approved without changes. Chairman Mark Turner recorded the meeting, with video available at www.eastraleigh.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charlene Willard with the city’s Community Services Department announced that the Belvidere Park neighborhood will be dedicating its new stone entryway on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. and placing a time capsule inside. The project was funded with a Raleigh Neighborhood Improvement Matching Grant. Other neighborhoods interested in seeking a grant should move forward now; applications are due June 30, and the ongoing recession means the program’s future is uncertain. Anyone interested is encouraged to call Charlene at charlene.willard@raleighnc.gov or 919-996-5718 to discuss ideas.
The Raleigh Summer Youth Employment Program offered by Community Services will be interviewing applicants soon. It is for people ages 14 to 18. For more information, visit http://1.usa.gov/eeXNfG.
Charlene discussed an idea for an ECAC calendar. Currently no CAC has one, and there are lots of possibilities. Anyone interested in working on this should contact Charlene.
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The East CAC will hold its March 2011 meeting on Monday, 21 March at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
This month we’ll hear about ways we can make our neighborhood even better. Councilor Bonner Gaylord will be here discuss “See, Click, Fix!” We’ll also hear from the Upper Neuse Riverkeeper, Alissa Bierma, on the upcoming Crabtree Creek cleanup. Also, we’ll say hello to our new District C Councilor, Eugene Weeks.
As usual, this meeting will be streamed live on the Internet.
Below is our full agenda. Hope to see you there!
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Good morning, Eastsiders!
Our next East CAC meeting will be held on Monday, 21 February 2011 at 7 PM at the Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue.
Monday’s meeting will focus on the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Staff from Raleigh’s Planning Department will be present to discuss the UDO and to conduct an exercise with us to solicit feedback as to how the UDO should be applied to the East CAC area. The UDO will play a HUGE role in how our city develops in the coming years, so it’s crucial the East CAC provides its feedback and guidance in the UDOs creation.
Hope to see you Monday evening at 7!
Audio from our January 2011 East CAC meeting can be heard here. The file is a 19 MB mp3.
The East CAC will hold its January 2011 meeting on Monday the 17th at 7 PM at Lions Park Community Center, 516 Dennis Avenue. http://is.gd/nwDQ
We will hear from James LeClair, from the city of Raleigh Inspections department, who will provide some cold weather tips. We’ll also hear from Eddie Blair and Hadley Watson on the new activity at the “Shoppes at Brookside” mixed-use development at Glascock and Brookside.
We’ve also just added Detrick D. Clark from Connectinc, Inc. to our agenda. Detrick will talk about the Benefit Bank of North Carolina.
Hope to see you there!
The Raleigh Police department offers these useful tips on their blog.
The following are some helpful tips to remember before leaving your home (whether you are going across town or across the country) for the holidays:
Z-24-10, the convenience store at Poole Road and Norwood, will be heard at the Planning Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, December 14th, at 9 AM in the City Council Chambers. Read the staff evaluation, latest conditions, conditions correspondence, and a follow-up memo for more details.
Also on the agenda is SP-32-10, the proposed New Bern Crossing Hotel across from WakeMed at New Bern Avenue and Milburnie Rd.